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Listening to Into White, it's difficult to find a place where it begins and ends. Unlike 2005's Moonlight Serenade, or her many other standards records, this is a set that doesn't feel like one. For starters, Carly Simon has come full circle. There is no symphony orchestra here, none of the schmaltz and syrup that have plagued almost every one of her recordings since 1997's Film Noir (2000's Bedroom Tapes was an exception). This does not mean that the album is void of sentimentality. How can anyone record Stephen Foster's "Oh Susanna" or Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" or the eternal lullaby "I Gave My Love a Cherry" without it? For starters, there is the song selection. But these songs are woven into a strange, multi-colored, intimate fabric with Lennon and McCartney's "Blackbird," and the title cut (written and performed so wonderfully by Cat Stevens on 1970s Tea for the Tillerman; it need never be done again). Simon is backed by a close-knit studio band of friends and family, from co-producer and engineer (and often duet and backing vocalist) Jim Parr, her children Ben and Sally Taylor (with James Taylor; they perform gorgeously on Taylor's "You Can Close Your Eyes"), keyboardist Teese Gohl, and others. This sense of intimacy is both a good and bad thing. Eternal songs such as Foster's or "Jamaica Farewell" deserve to be treated as both classics and prime material for experimentation, where original interpretation is a must if the song is to be pulled off. Simon fails on both of these. Her reading of "Manha de Carnival," the haunting and beautiful theme from the film Black Orpheus (written by the late guitarist Luiz Bonfá), fares much better because Simon is able to reach into her lower register and float the tune's rhythm. Her treatments of both "Scarborough Fair" and Yip Harberg and Harold Arlen's "Somewhere over the Rainbow" add to each song's immortality. The reason for this is a life-long fascination with the material that has no doubt been tried in many contexts before. There is a new version of Simon's "Love of My Life" from the film This Is My Life. It takes on new depth and dimension here. The album's closer "I'll Just Remember You," co-written by son Ben, could have been written in the '40s. Its pronounced melody and subtle atmospheric backdrop lend itself to the stuff of great balladry. In sum, Into White may be the best record Simon's made since the Bedroom Tapes, and it takes a place in her catalog alongside Torch and Boys in the Trees, though it is very different in feel and texture from either.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Jimmy Parr, Background Vocal - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Performer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Jan Hyer, Acoustic Cello - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Keyboards - Teese Gohl, Piano - Cat Stevens, Composer - Cat Stevens, Lyricist - Peter Calo, Guitar
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Arranger - Carly Simon, Performer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - S. Foster, Composer - S. Foster, Lyricist - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Keyboards - Teese Gohl, Flute - Peter Calo, Guitar - Peter Calo, Dobro
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
John Lennon, Composer - John Lennon, Lyricist - Ben Taylor, Background Vocal - Peter Calo, Guitar - Peter Calo, Dobro - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - David Saw, Guitar - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Performer - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Bodhran - Teese Gohl, Piano - Teese Gohl, Strings - Paul McCartney, Composer - Paul McCartney, Lyricist - Jan Hyer, Acoustic Cello - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Ben Taylor, Performer - Peter Calo, Guitar - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Performer - Sally Taylor, Performer - Teese Gohl, Piano - Teese Gohl, Arranger - J. Taylor, Composer - J. Taylor, Lyricist - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2007 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Performer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - David Saw, Composer - David Saw, Lyricist - David Saw, Guitar - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Percussion - Teese Gohl, Piano - Teese Gohl, Bass - Peter Calo, Guitar - Ben Taylor, Background Vocal - Ben Taylor, Guitar
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Peter Calo, Guitar - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - David Saw, Guitar - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Performer - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Keyboards - Teese Gohl, Bass - Jan Hyer, Acoustic Cello - Luiz Bonfá, Composer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Ben Taylor, Background Vocal - Peter Calo, Guitar - Peter Calo, Dobro - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - David Saw, Guitar - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Performer - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Irving Burgie, Composer - Irving Burgie, Lyricist - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Ben Taylor, Background Vocal - Peter Calo, Guitar - Peter Calo, Dobro - Charles Mitchell, Composer - Charles Mitchell, Lyricist - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - David Saw, Guitar - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Performer - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Jimmie Davis, Composer - Jimmie Davis, Lyricist - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Performer - Carly Simon, Arranger - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Jan Hyer, Acoustic Cello - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist - Teese Gohl, Piano - Teese Gohl, Arranger
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Ben Taylor, Background Vocal - Peter Calo, Guitar - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Percussion - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Performer - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Keyboards - Teese Gohl, Bass - BOUDLEAUX BRYANT, Composer - BOUDLEAUX BRYANT, Lyricist - Jan Hyer, Acoustic Cello - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Arranger - Carly Simon, Performer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - David Saw, Guitar - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Piano - Teese Gohl, Flute - Ben Taylor, Guitar
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Peter Calo, Guitar - Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - E.Y. Harburg, Composer - E.Y. Harburg, Lyricist - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Performer - Teese Gohl, Piano - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Jan Hyer, Acoustic Cello - H. Arlen, Composer - H. Arlen, Lyricist - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Bass - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Carly Simon, Composer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Background Vocal - Carly Simon, Lyricist - Carly Simon, Performer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - Jan Hyer, Acoustic Cello - David Saw, Guitar - Teese Gohl, Arranger - Teese Gohl, Piano - Teese Gohl, Acoustic Cello - Peter Calo, Guitar
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Jimmy Parr, Co-Producer - Jimmy Parr, Engineer - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer - Carly Simon, Producer - Carly Simon, Acoustic Baritone Guitar - Carly Simon, Performer - Jay Landers, Executive Producer - David Saw, Composer - David Saw, Lyricist - Teese Gohl, Piano - Ben Taylor, Composer - Ben Taylor, Lyricist
(P) 2006 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertaiment
Albumbeschreibung
Listening to Into White, it's difficult to find a place where it begins and ends. Unlike 2005's Moonlight Serenade, or her many other standards records, this is a set that doesn't feel like one. For starters, Carly Simon has come full circle. There is no symphony orchestra here, none of the schmaltz and syrup that have plagued almost every one of her recordings since 1997's Film Noir (2000's Bedroom Tapes was an exception). This does not mean that the album is void of sentimentality. How can anyone record Stephen Foster's "Oh Susanna" or Jimmie Davis' "You Are My Sunshine" or the eternal lullaby "I Gave My Love a Cherry" without it? For starters, there is the song selection. But these songs are woven into a strange, multi-colored, intimate fabric with Lennon and McCartney's "Blackbird," and the title cut (written and performed so wonderfully by Cat Stevens on 1970s Tea for the Tillerman; it need never be done again). Simon is backed by a close-knit studio band of friends and family, from co-producer and engineer (and often duet and backing vocalist) Jim Parr, her children Ben and Sally Taylor (with James Taylor; they perform gorgeously on Taylor's "You Can Close Your Eyes"), keyboardist Teese Gohl, and others. This sense of intimacy is both a good and bad thing. Eternal songs such as Foster's or "Jamaica Farewell" deserve to be treated as both classics and prime material for experimentation, where original interpretation is a must if the song is to be pulled off. Simon fails on both of these. Her reading of "Manha de Carnival," the haunting and beautiful theme from the film Black Orpheus (written by the late guitarist Luiz Bonfá), fares much better because Simon is able to reach into her lower register and float the tune's rhythm. Her treatments of both "Scarborough Fair" and Yip Harberg and Harold Arlen's "Somewhere over the Rainbow" add to each song's immortality. The reason for this is a life-long fascination with the material that has no doubt been tried in many contexts before. There is a new version of Simon's "Love of My Life" from the film This Is My Life. It takes on new depth and dimension here. The album's closer "I'll Just Remember You," co-written by son Ben, could have been written in the '40s. Its pronounced melody and subtle atmospheric backdrop lend itself to the stuff of great balladry. In sum, Into White may be the best record Simon's made since the Bedroom Tapes, and it takes a place in her catalog alongside Torch and Boys in the Trees, though it is very different in feel and texture from either.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:30
- Main artists: Carly Simon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Pop/Rock Internationaal variété
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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